diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b96b1ce..b3be974 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 heapless = { version = "0.9.1", default-features = false }
 bytes = { version = "1.10.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
-serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
+serde_core = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_test = "1.0.176"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 3fdb4d5..716afdf 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use heapless::{
     CapacityError, LenType,
 };
 
-use serde::{
+use serde_core::{
     de::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Visitor},
     ser::{Serialize, Serializer},
 };
@@ -658,16 +658,16 @@ impl<'de, const N: usize, LenT: LenType> Deserialize<'de> for Bytes<N, LenT> {
 
             fn visit_bytes<E>(self, v: &[u8]) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
             where
-                E: serde::de::Error,
+                E: serde_core::de::Error,
             {
                 Bytes::try_from(v).map_err(|_: CapacityError| E::invalid_length(v.len(), &self))
             }
 
             fn visit_seq<A>(self, mut seq: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
             where
-                A: serde::de::SeqAccess<'de>,
+                A: serde_core::de::SeqAccess<'de>,
             {
-                use serde::de::Error;
+                use serde_core::de::Error;
 
                 let mut this = Bytes::new();
                 while let Some(byte) = seq.next_element()? {